At the Europe-China Business & Technology Cooperation Fair, businesses from over 20 European countries are seeking to partner with Chinese counterparts in emerging areas such as new energy, environmental protection and robotics, as well as traditional sectors including coffee and dairy products. Take a listen.

 

CARLOS TORRES General Secretary Portugal-HK Chamber of Commerce and Industry "We brought around 30 delegates from Portugal to get to know Chengdu and the opportunities to cooperate with Portugal. So I feel that more and more opportunities are happening right now from the Chinese side, we can understand that you are very willing to cooperate more with the Europe and especially Portugal, from our side the same. So the Portuguese companies are more aware of the size and of the advance of Chinese technology. And they really are willing to do more business and do more cooperation with China."

 

JOAQUIM FREDERICO General Manager Delta Food "I'm here in China for many many years. Sometimes that people don't know very well about China, they think that they can do business all over the country, but I always advise them each city is different. I'm very happy that all the people here coming from Europe and they understand much better how China is. Because I can tell you that sometimes in Europe people they don't have the right vision of what is happening here in China and it's good that they come, they see, they visit, they talk with people and they go back and they are kind of Ambassadors of China."

 

DONG SHUAI Project Manager Beijing Haichuang Industrial Technology Research Institute "First, going global; second, bringing in. Seven companies from Beijing are here as a group, focusing on AI, new materials testing and intelligent equipment. We want to bring our existing technologies and products to the European market, and bring in good foreign technologies for our projects."

 

CHEN BINBIN Chief Technology Officer Kaya International Optoelectronic Technology "Our company specializes in optical imaging. In emergencies, it can see through smoke or flames to locate trapped people. The technology is entirely self-developed. We want to compare our homegrown technology with European technologies and enter the European market."

 

WANG FENG Partner Taxu Consulting "Many products sell for three to four times more in Europe, while costs are only 1.5 to 2 times higher, leaving a big profit margin, especially for Chinese small and medium sized companies."

 

Edited by Zhang Yuanlin

Source: CGTN